GATE Exam : Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering

GATE – Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is the national level entrance exam conducted by IITs. It leads to admission to (i) Master’s programs and direct Doctoral programs in Engineering / Technology / Architecture and (ii) Doctoral programs in relevant branches of Science, in the institutions supported by the MHRD and other Government agencies. Scorecard of GATE is also used for PSU recruitment through GATE.

GATE Exam

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Every year one IIT or IISc conducts the exam. As the admission for the upcoming academic session takes off, details of GATE exam are announced. All events then take place as per schedule. GATE organizing body handles all activities related to GATE exam such as accepting applications, issuing admit card, holding exam and declaring results. Schedule for all events is given below.

GATE Cut Offs

The cut off for the past years has been mentioned here for your reference as to give you an idea.

GATE Cut Off in 2018

GATE Paper

General

OBC

SC / ST / PH

AE

34.4

30.9

22.9

AG

25

22.5

16.6

AR

43.9

39.5

29.2

BT

27.9

25.1

18.5

CE

26.9

24.2

17.9

CH

37.8

34

25.1

CS

25

22.5

16.6

CY

25.4

22.8

16.9

EC

25

22.5

16.6

EE

29.1

26.1

19.4

EY

49.3

44.3

32.8

GG

32.4

29.1

21.5

IN

37.1

33.3

24.7

MA

29.4

26.4

19.5

ME

34.7

31.2

23.1

MN

45

40.5

30

MT

40.3

36.2

26.8

PE

39.8

35.8

26.5

PH

29

26.1

19.3

PI

32

28.8

21.3

TF

32.2

28.3

21.4

XE

31.5

28.3

21

XL

29.9

26.9

19.9

More Previous Year GATE CutOff

Year 2017

Stream

Gen

OBC

SC/ST/PH

CE

28.70

25.8

19.10

ME

32.87

29

21

EE

25.20

25.20

16.70

EC

25.00

22.50

16.60

CS

25.00

22.50

16.60

IN

34.60

31.10

23.00

CH

44.30

39.80

29.50

BT

38.90

35.00

25.90

Year 2016

Stream

Gen

OBC

SC/ST/PH

CE

25.00

22.50

16.60

ME

29.60

26.60

19.70

EE

25.10

22.50

16.70

EC

25.00

22.50

16.60

CS

25.00

22.50

16.60

IN

31.60

28.40

21.00

PI

26.40

23.70

17.50

PSU Recruitment through GATE

Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) that are accepting GATE result for recruitment are:

BAARC: OCES, DGFS

BBNL

BEML

BHEL

BNPM

BPCL

BSNL

BSPCL

Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India

CEL

Coal India Ltd

DMRC

DRDO

ECIL

EdCIL India

GAIL

GSECL

HAL

Haryana Power Utilities

HPCL

IOCL

IPR

IRCON

KRCL

KRIBHCO

MDL

MECL

Midhani

Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation Ltd (MRVC Ltd)

NALCO

National Textile Corporation

NBCC Ltd.

NFL

NHAI

NHPC

NLC India Ltd

NPCIL

NTPC Limited

OIL India

ONGC Ltd.

OPGC Ltd

Power Grid

PSPCL

PSTCL

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd

RCFL

RITES

SAIL

Tata Power

THDC

Vizag Steel

WBSEDCL

Candidates can apply for PSU recruitment through GATE result. Separate application forms have to be submitted for each PSU. One can decide where to go based on the GATE discipline papers a PSU is accepting, the position offered, salary offered, state of employment and various other factors. Read more.

GATE COAP

Common Offer Acceptance Portal will be the common platform to get admission in M.Tech program in all IITs. All participating Indian Institute of Technology will offer admission through this common counselling process.

Indian nationals with a valid GATE score can register for GATE COAP. One has to register at COAP in addition to applying for admissions in IITs.

IITs in India

CCMT

Centralized Counselling for M.Tech (CCMT) will be organized for joint admission and counselling to NITs, IIITs, CFTIs. There are 40 participating institutes which offer admission to M.Tech, M.Arch, M.Plan, M.Des. CCMT is an online admission process for all participating institutes. Its important features are admission process, schedule, process flow chart, contact details which are conveyed through information brochure.

Statistics

Year

# of candidates Registered

# of candidates Appeared

# of candidates Qualified

% appeared

% qualified

2016

971831

818850

135392

84.26

16.53

2015

927580

804463

121060

86.73

15.05

2014

1033625

889157

149694

86.02

16.84

2013

1200728

984855

136699

82.02

13.88

2012

777134

686614

108526

88.35

15.81

2011

612568

686614

96239

91.17

17.23

2010

460541

686614

59853

91.33

14.23

2009

230341

212130

35273

92.09

16.63

2008

184672

166027

31694

89.90

19.09

2007

168917

153822

44387

91.06

28.86

Eligibility Criteria of GATE

Those who have any of the following degrees can apply for GATE.

BE / B.Tech / B.Pharma 4 years after 10+2 or 3 years after B.Sc / Diploma in engineering

Question papers – For self-analysis, and understanding the level of difficulty as well as the examination pattern, go through last year papers. GATE Papers of past years of all subjects are available online.

GATE online preparation – Refer to online preparation resources for GATE exam. Some very useful videos can be viewed for free at NPTEL.

Check out the GATE exam preparation strategy for an in-depth guide on how to prepare for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering.